Saying that you still respect a man is one thing, saying that what he did before the Juve-Disaster should keep him on as high a position is just silly.
A trap said it's a suit of armor weighing on your shoulders, that's why he didn't come back, because he realised that failure would have dented his reputation in the eyes of the Juventus faithfull.
By not walking away he hurt the club, he does not deserve as ahigh a level of respect as previously afforded to him, simple as that.